Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2020

A REVIEW ON REMDESIVIR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

Vyshnavi V Rao

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Late 2019 and early 2020 observed rampant spread of the novel corona virus disease pandemic with global death toll of 257 thousand till date. The disease originated from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, and metastized rapidly to major cities and countries. The pathogen was identified as novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV also called SARS-CoV-2 due to its close relatedness to SARS-CoV that caused the 2004 SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] outeak. Currently there is no specific treatment against 2019-nCoV. An efficient approach for treatment is to combat the symptoms or/and attack the virus directly using oad spectrum antiviral drugs that are effective in treating other related viral infections such as Ribavirin, Penciclovir, Nitazoxanide, Nafamostat, Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine, Favipiravir and most important Remdesivir [1]. However the use of these drugs faces conflicting ideas. The current review focuses on the use of Remdesivir as the new face of treatment for COVID-19.

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A REVIEW ON REMDESIVIR AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE, Vyshnavi V Rao GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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